I went down and spent $50 on a quit kit to stash in my room. I didn’t even quibble at the cost. After all that’s only six days smoking. I already have adult coloring books and tons of markers. I have a zillion books on my phone. I also have a lot of mini water bottles to help with flushing my system. Four smokes left to my name. However long that takes is when my quit starts. I’m ready.
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Gramma (or Loralie) who wrote what I shared would be so glad knowing this 
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And so it begins… I’m kind of excited because I didn’t get to see any milestones from my drug addiction 
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It’s the last 6 seconds that impresses most, to be honest.
Ugh. Still vaping and need to quit. It’s just a hassle, that physical addiction, and they’re taxing the ever loving snot out of it here.
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So go take a fresh air break instead. Really. If no one gets on the smokers for their breaks, they likely won’t get after you.
I never smoked. I dipped for over 30 years. So glad that’s behind me.
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3 weeks is great Col! Keep it up. I like reading your positive posts on here too. The honesty of the struggle is quite the bond. 
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Yep. Waiting tables in college, someone was surprised when the manager didn’t bat an eye when saying they were gonna go take a fresh air break. “Really?”
“Why not? Go stand out back by the dumpster for five minutes. They do. I don’t care, just wash your hands when you come back.”
(The novelty quickly wore off.)
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I was avoiding my morning routine of sitting outside watching the sun come up with my coffee. For some reason my thoughts were to change things up so I don’t trigger myself. Now that is freaking hilarious since there isn’t one spot I didn’t smoke here except inside the house. I missed watching the world wake up. Then I got itchy and afraid to go out because I forgot to deal with my butt can yesterday. Oh dear, a butt can has a ton of slippery slopes calling me and making my skin crawl. It won’t get any better so outside I go, bend down and grab the can. March right over to that disgusting trash bin and dump those butts and the butt can into the depths of nastiness and walked away with a smile.
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Heck yeah! Nice job 
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Really wanting to quit vaping. I’ve been having chest pain lately and even still find myself pickling it up. I do plan to cut back significantly today and try not to at all tomorrow.
This is the longest addiction of mine and the absolute hardest to kick.
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@DryIn785 come join me here, luv. We can do this! It would be great to have someone that close to a time twin 
I’m feeling a bit itchy. Unsure if it is habit induced or withdrawal. I popped a 2mg lozenge to check. I may be quitting but no sense punishing myself.
Reminds herself to cut down on pixie sticks. Lozenge plus too much sugar equals dizzy and nauseous.
Anyways caught this number combo.
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Though I’m back in it now, I did quit in the past. The lozenges did… strange… things to my stomach too.
I had better luck with the patch. It’s persistent but didn’t bother my gut. Kinda like working a program and like you just said, I would then stop myself when I thought about a cigarette. Do I really want one, or is it just habit?
And it wasn’t an actual nic fit. It was really helpful for changing my habits free of nicotine cravings. Then gradually tapered off the nic. Quit twice for several months (of no nic) that way.
Did have to take it off before bed though. Would screw my sleep and dreams up a lot.
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Oh lord those patch dreams are crazily vivid and make no sense at all lol. I learned to put on in the morning first thing and remove at least an hour before bed.
For some reason I have no interest in using a patch this time. I dunno why.
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Sounds like a plan, thanks for the invite!
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How are you two doing with the no smoking?
Realizing it’s one second one minute 1 hour at a time and I see that it’s been five hours since sassy boomer has posted.
@SassyBoomer
@Mama2Sunny if you quit. Quitting with Sassyboomer would be nice
Both of you are stronger than your addiction. I haven’t read any higher up than about eight or nine comments. So I am sure I will sound repetitive. I will repeat that both of you are stronger than your addiction. The addiction is a lying conniving SOB that wants to keep you tethered with a chain and ball around your neck.
Each time you smoke a single puff it starts the withdrawal process over. It makes you want another cigarette as soon as you take a puff. So not only does it relieve whatever type of withdrawal symptom you think you have, whether it’s mental or physical, It makes you immediately want another cigarette. Kick this to the curb and get rid of it.
You can do it. Get mad at the addiction and say get the hell f*** out of my life.
Walk away from it.
It’s not doing any good for any reason.
Check in here every few hours and say how you’re doing, if we don’t see how you’re doing, we don’t know how you’re doing.
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I don’t think I could ever be reminded of this often enough!
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Going to throw in another repost from the Q (Quitnet, the former forum that helped me quit smoking 7 years ago). Ter lering en vermaak (for learning and joy)
Bad Days and New Quittters
From Jude00 on 4/17/2007 5:36:14 AM
This is from Hooked but not helpless and it helped me in the past.
Find A Stop Smoking Program: A stop smoking class will give you a specific day to stop and the support of a group. Keeping in mind what you’ve learned in this book, use only the information in the program that seems logical, ignore the rest. (The Q is that!)
Do Not Try To Get Rid Of Desires To Smoke: The discomfort of wanting to smoke is temporary and will get rid of itself. When you have a desire to smoke work through the five steps (listed below).
Do Not Substitute Food: If you “smoke” food whenever you have a desire for a cigarette, you will not only gain weight, you will never break your addiction. Desires to smoke will continue to nag you until you finally break down and give in.
Stay Clear Of Feelings Of Deprivation: Telling yourself you can’t smoke is a lie and will make you feel so miserable you will run back to smoking. Remember that you can smoke. You just can’t do it the way you’d like to: now and then or without damaging your health.
Give Up The Illusion Of Having “Just One”: One puff or one cigarette has never been enough for you and never will be enough. It will inevitably take you back to smoking your normal amount. The crux of beating a drug addiction is knowing this: it is the first one that does you in.
Choose Between Real Options: The only real options you have are these: going back to smoking with all the terrible consequences or staying off smoking with the many benefits. You don’t have to like this reality, but you better accept it.
Focus On Benefits - Continually: Keep in mind the specific benefits you are gaining from being free from your addiction. Counter your compulsion to smoke by remembering what you want more: your breathing, your freedom, and your peace of mind.
Get Smart About Junkie Thinking: Every time you have a junkie thought, identify it and talk back to it. If you do, these irrational thoughts and plans will eventually lose their power over you.
Take Time Out When You Have A Desire To Smoke: During withdrawal or in any high risk situation, get away by yourself for a few minutes to review the five steps (listed below) and get your thinking back on track.
Be Uncomfortable - Graciously, And On Purpose: The discomfort caused by wanting to smoke is temporary and harmless, and it’s your means to escape from slavery. The desire to smoke will gradually become less intense and less frequent until most of the time you will feel like a non-smoker.
Prepare For High-risk Situations: Most people who relapse do so within the first three months because they are not prepared for such things as traveling or emotional upsets. Stay alert and beware of overconfidence.
You Don’t Have To Change Your Life: Drinking coffee, having a glass of wine or eating spicy foods will not make you smoke. They can make you want to smoke. So your job is to treat the desires to smoke rather than avoid them. Change your thinking, not your daily activities.
Use Dreams Constructively: Dreams about smoking are very common and do not mean you are doomed to relapse. The anxiety you feel in a dream when you realize you’re smoking will teach you that, although you can smoke, you will never be happy with it.
Remember, There’s No Cure For Addiction: You will never be a non-smoker. A non-smoker is someone who has never had a problem with smoking, has never struggled to take control of that problem, and never has worry about losing control. You’re an ex-smoker, and although you can be a confident and relaxed ex-smoker, you are always susceptible to relapse.
Expect To Have A Three-month Flare Up: Many ex-smokers relapse toward the end of the third month because their health has improved and the side effects of smoking have disappeared. Don’t imagine that time has cured your addiction. One puff and you will be back to smoking compulsively.
Do Not Nag Or Preach At Other Smokers: You’re only one puff away from a pack a day yourself. Take care of your own recovery and watch out for the influence of other smokers around you. Don’t glamorize smoking: remember what it was really like to have to smoke all day every day.
Get Extra Help If You Need It: Attend a self-help group or see a counselor to worth through feelings you’ve been drugging away all these years. Letting go of these feelings from the past and learning new ways to cope with the present will help you become a happier, more comfortable ex-smoker.
NOT ONE PUFF EVER
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Yeah I’ve been repeating that to myself all day.
Every time the craving gets so strong that I can’t distract it I do something rather odd. I go outside to my smoking chair and sit there while soaking up the sun, reading here or cloud watching. I sit there just about long enough to have smoked one and the craving is eased. Perhaps smoking behavior habits are fooling my brain
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